B.C. man transforms old instruments into eye-catching art
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A Vancouver Island man is repurposing broken instruments into work of art, transforming items once meant to please the ear into sculptures that treat the eye.
A Vancouver Island man is repurposing broken instruments into work of art, transforming items once meant to please the ear into sculptures that treat the eye.
It’s another busy day in the backyard studio for Douglas Walker, where he is assembling intricate pieces into a bigger puzzle.
That sometimes means dipping into the saxophone stash. Or maybe adding a trumpet and trombone.
“You just sit and make stuff out of other stuff,” Walker told Global’s This is BC.
Walker says his career took off once he brought the brass section into his creations.
“There was a point about three to five years into it when I said, I really have something here,” Walker said.
He’s evolved from making small, simple fountains to sophisticated water-driven mechanics, learning how to craft all these metal parts into an artistic masterpiece on the fly.
“I go to antique stores and Value Village and I pick up brass and silver and solder them together,” Walker explained. “A lot of pieces aren’t meant to be soldered together.”